Field Activity 2022-607-FA

Identifier 2022-607-FA
Purpose Surveying the extent of the 2022 Tonga sourced Tsunami that inundated the Santa Cruz Harbor, Manresa beach, and Beer Can beach.
Location Santa Cruz Harbor, Manresa, Beer Can Beach
Info derived Elevation, GPS data, and sand samples ( whirlpaks and push cores).
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Santa Cruz Harbor, Santa Cruz, CA 2022-01-19
End Santa Cruz 2022-01-20
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -122.01038361
East -121.8157196
North 36.98335761
South 36.88071909

Personnel

Organization
California Geologic Survey
, CA
Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators SeanPaul M La SelleBruce E Jaffe
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Alexander G Snyder
Specialist, Information
Nasr, Brandon (Contractor)
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type: Transects, Profiles, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Trimble R7 GPS receiver Benchmarks, LIDAR, Navigation, Profiles, Transects 1
Push corer Surveys (geochemical), Surveys (biological), Biology, Geology (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Observations of tsunami and runup heights in Santa Cruz Harbor and surrounding beaches from the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai tsunami Trimble R7 GPS receiver The 14 January 2022 eruption of Tonga Hunga-Tonga Ha'apai volcano generated tsunamis that impacted the west coast of the United States on the morning of 15 January 2022. This data release presents runup heights and tsunami heights collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the California Geological Survey (CGS) during surveys at the Santa Cruz Harbor and beaches in Santa Cruz County, California, on January 19th and 20th, 2022 (USGS Field Activity 2022-607-FA). SeanPaul M La Selle

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity